Texas Children's Hospital announced Oct. 17 with a ribbon-cutting ceremony the opening of its Center for Human Immunobiology in Houston.

The center will serve as a central hub for research throughout Texas Children’s and Baylor College of Medicine, enabling investigations and findings that will translate into high-impact biology and approaches to the diagnosis and treatment of pediatric diseases, according to the Texas Children's Hospital press release. The lab space focuses on several key technologies including microscopy, flow cytometry, as well as molecular and genomic analysis. One of the technologies is the Leica Microsystems gated stimulation emission depletion microscope. In 2012, Texas Children’s became the first institution in North America to acquire the microscope, which allows researchers to take never before seen, super-resolution photos below 40 nanometers within a cell, the release states.